Photo: Ben Waardenburg benwubbleyou · CC0Health in Anmore beats 87% of Canadian towns
On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 48% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Anmore live 3.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km. Anmore grades A for health, #107 of 254 in British Columbia and #821 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
What stands out about health in Anmore
Life expectancy above the norm
Anmore’s region sits 2.9 years above the typical Canadian town, and those reaching 65 have 22.6 years ahead (2022/2024). The wider area ↓
Deprivation runs low
On the index’s situational vulnerability, which follows housing, income and education, Anmore’s neighbourhoods average 1.0 out of 5, among the least deprived fifth of the country. The wider area ↓
Fewer smokers
Around Anmore, only 5.7% of adults smoke daily, part of a smoking rate lower than most Canadian towns’ regions. Conditions and habits ↓
From Statistics Canada: the health survey and life expectancy for the health region, the deprivation index for the town; distances from the healthcare facilities database and OpenStreetMap.
Anmore grades A for health
Each input ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more: the region’s four, the town’s distance to a hospital.
The region’s four figures and the town’s distance to a hospital are each ranked against Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, then averaged. Its place: #107 of 254 in British Columbia and #821 of 2,583 Canadian towns.
How the grade works
Health is graded as a regional score, labelled as such: very good or excellent self-rated health, chronic conditions (arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure averaged) and smoking from the Canadian Community Health Survey, each age-standardised so an older region isn’t marked down for age alone, and life expectancy at birth, all for the health region. The residents’ average distance to a hospital is the one input measured for the town itself, so towns in one region can still differ.
Life expectancy across the 16 health regions in British Columbia
Regional life expectancy in British Columbia, then the town’s place on the national deprivation index.
Life expectancy at birth by health region · 2022/2024
Of the 16 health regions in British Columbia, 2nd place goes to this one, between a low of 76.6 and a high of 86.8.
Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation · national quintile, 1 least to 5 most deprived
The index is context and never graded: it describes Anmore’s own areas, averaged over residents, on each of its four dimensions.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, three-year estimate 2022/2024, by health region.
19% of the region’s adults have high blood pressure and 7.1% diabetes
What the survey finds on conditions, weight and habits for the region, the province as the tick.
Conditions and weight · 2023/2024
Habits · 2023/2024
At 19%, self-reported obesity is below British Columbia’s 25%. Heavy drinking is rarer (16% against 19%).
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (table 13-10-0972), as published, not adjusted for age; obesity from reported height and weight. The anxiety disorder figure is the 2021/2022 estimate: Statistics Canada found the latest too unreliable to publish here.
Deprivation all but predicts the region’s life expectancy, which falls just short of the trend
One dot per health region, 102 in all, since life expectancy and the index are published for regions; Anmore’s dot is marked, close to the line.
At 2.0 on the index, regions tend to reach 84.5 years (correlation −0.83, 102 regions), and the one Anmore belongs to reaches 84.4. It outlives 8 of the 10 regions nearest it on the index, whose median is 83.3 years.
Life expectancy: Statistics Canada table 13-10-0988, 2022/2024, by health region. Deprivation: Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021 (situational vulnerability), averaged over each region’s towns by their residents; income: 2021 Census median household income, averaged the same way. The averages and the line are TownRatings calculations.
Getting to hospital from Anmore: 3.9 km on average
Measured from where the town’s residents live, so this part is Anmore’s own, not the region’s.
Against 4.4 km for the typical town in British Columbia and 3.7 km for the typical Canadian town, Anmore sits near the middle.
Hospitals and clinics: Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities. Pharmacies: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Straight-line distances from each dissemination area, weighted by its 2021 population.
49% in the region call their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia (50%)
How adults in the health region answered the survey, not adjusted for age; the tick marks the province.
Share of adults, as answered · 2023/2024
Mental health reads like the rest of British Columbia: 51% against 49%, and 23% under quite a bit of stress most days.
Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (Statistics Canada table 13-10-0972), adults 18 and over, as published.
Among 40 towns its size, Anmore is 20th nearest a hospital
Ordered by residents’ distance to a hospital: 40 Canadian towns of 2,500 to 2,587 people, median 4.7 km.
| # | Town | People | Hospital | Very good health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City Commercial Core ON A | 2,581 | 0.4 km | 53% |
| 2 | Rimbey AB C+ | 2,502 | 0.8 km | 52% |
| 3 | Elmwood AB B+ | 2,522 | 0.8 km | 51% |
| 18 | Munroe West MB B+ | 2,532 | 2.6 km | 52% |
| 19 | Burrows-Keewatin MB B+ | 2,506 | 3.4 km | 52% |
| 20 | Anmore BC A | 2,508 | 3.9 km | 48% |
| 21 | Castlemore Estates ON A− | 2,587 | 5.4 km | 49% |
| 22 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC A | 2,536 | 8.3 km | 55% |
| 40 | North Frontenac ON B− | 2,515 | 47 km | 53% |
The region’s very good or excellent health column is regional: towns in one region share it.
Health in the places around Anmore
Nearby places: distance to a hospital and each one’s regional figures. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | Hospital | Very good health | Life exp. | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anmore | 3.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Port Moody 2.9 km | 2.1 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Coquitlam 5.7 km | 2.9 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Burnaby Mountain 5.9 km | 4.7 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Lougheed 7.9 km | 3.0 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Lochdale 8.8 km | 1.3 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
| Montecito 9.0 km | 2.2 km | 48% | 84.4 | A |
Every place around Anmore shares its health region, so their survey figures match; only the distance to care differs.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What counts as a hospital. The facilities database merges provincial lists of different vintages; its hospitals include some with no emergency department, and a few are placed by postal code.
- Who the survey asks. Not everyone is in the survey’s sample: reserves, the Canadian Forces, institutions and two northern Québec regions are left out.
- Adjusted for age. Standardising for age lets a retirement region and a young one be set side by side; the charts keep the raw answers, the grade the standardised ones.
- Deprivation is context. Statistics Canada’s 2021 deprivation index describes the town’s own areas for context only, with no index for the territories.
- Regional figures. Every place in the health region carries the same survey and life-expectancy figures; what is measured for Anmore itself is the trip to care.
- Distances are straight lines. They run from where residents live, not along roads, so they understate a drive; each dissemination area counts by its 2021 population.
Questions about health in Anmore
How is Anmore’s Health Grade worked out?
No letter yet for Anmore: Canada is graded in one run, and Health will then compare its region and its access to care with the typical Canadian town.
What is the life expectancy in Anmore?
Life expectancy comes by health region: 86.6 for women, 82.1 for men around Anmore (2022/2024).
How healthy is Anmore?
More of the region’s survey and life-expectancy figures beat the typical Canadian town than trail it. On arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure, the region’s average share is 15%.
How far is Anmore from a hospital?
Residents of Anmore have a clinic 4.2 km away on average and a pharmacy 3.9 km away, in straight lines.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 (13-10-0972) · Statistics Canada, life expectancy 2022/2024 (13-10-0988) · Statistics Canada, health regions 2023 (82-402-X) · Statistics Canada, Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · pharmacies © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation 2021. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).